Shooting jacket



A. M. EDWARDS SHOOTING JACKET Filed April '7, 1922 .2 Sheets-Sheet 1 WITNESSES ATTORNEYS Dec. 1924- 1,519,123

A. M. EDWARDS SHOOTING JACKET Filed April 7, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 WITNESSES B I MENTOR Patented Dec. 16, 1924.

UNITED STATES ARTHUR MORRIS EDWARDS, OF KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS.

SHOOTING JACKET.

Application filed April 7, 1922. Serial No. 550,383.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR Monnis EnwAnns, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Kankakee, in the county of Kankakee and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shooting Jackets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to jackets designed for use in operating rifles, guns and the like in actual warfare or rifle practice, and the purpose of my invention is the provision of a shooting jacket having means working in conjunction with the usual rifle sling for sup porting the gun with sufficient rigidity to permit of accurate aiming and firing of the gun. It is also the purpose of my invention to provide a shooting jacket which provides the necessary padding on the elbows as in rifle practice and padding for absorbing the recoil of the gun to prevent injury to the rifleman, and a stock receiving sleeve operating to maintain the stock upon the pad and assisting in rigidly supporting the gun 6 against the body.

I will describe one form of jacket embodying my invention and two forms of sleeves, and will then point out the novel features thereof in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a view showing in top plan one form of jacket embodying my invention in applied position.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing the jacket in side elevation.

Figure 3 is an enlarged perspective View of the jacket shown in Figure 1 having a different form of sleeves than that shown in the preceding figures.

Figure 4: is a sectional view of the stock receiving sleeve and pad in applied position upon the jacket.

Figure 5 is a View similar to Figure 4 showing a pad permanently attached to the jacket.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary sectional view of one of the sleeves shown in Figures 1 and 2.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts in each of the several views.

Referring specifically to the drawings and particularly to Figures 1, 2 and 3, my invention in its present embodiment comprises a jacket including a body portion designated at B and sleeve portions designated at S.

The body portion B is designed to receive and embrace the upper portion of the human body with its lower edges encompassing the body at apoint just below the armpits. The vertical edges of the body B are provided with head and socket fasteners, the sockets 15 being carried by' one edge and the heads 15 by the other edge. hese fasteners are obviously designed for the purpose of securing the jacket in embracing position upon the-body. The upper or neck edge 16 of the body portion and the lower or body edge 17 are folded upon themselves and stitched to provide channels for the reception of drawstrings 18 and 19, respectively, such drawstrings providing additional means for firmly securing the jacket upon the body.

On the shoulder portion of the body B a strap T is secured at its buckle end and adjacent a guide yoke Y also secured to the jacket. This strap T is adapted to coact with the usual rifle sling in providing means for rigidly supporting the rifle or gun, the yoke Y being adapted to receive a portion of the strap in the manner shown in Fig ures 1 and 2 and to prevent displacement thereof from the shoulder of the jacket, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

On the right shoulder of the body B of the jacket, a rifle pad P is permanently attached as shown in Figure 5 or detachably attached as shown in Figures 3 and 1. As shown in Figure 5, the pad is secured by means of stitching as designated at 20, while in Figure 4 the pad is detachably secured to the jacket by a head and socket fastener '21, the head being preferably carried by the jacket. By these attachingmeans the pad P is movably supported upon the jacket so as to occupy the most desirable position for effectively absorbing the recoil action of the rifle. As shown in Figures 4 and 5, the pad comprises a casing 22 which is partly filled with hair, waste or other suitable padding material designated at 23. Also within the casing 22 is arranged a block of sponge rubher 2& which serves to provide additional padding means for the stock of the gun.

As shown in Figures 3, l and 5, the pad P carries split sleeve A secured in sleeve formation by means of fasteners 25. The inner end of the sleeve is flexibly secured at its lower edge to the pad P by means of stitching as indicated at 26 so as to allow of the sleeve dropping to vertical position as shown in Figure 3 when not in use. The outer end of the sleeve A is folded upon itself and stitched to provide a channel 27 through which a draw-string 28 is trained so as'to gather the outer end of the sleeve for securely embracing the stock of the gun. This sleeve is designed for receiving the end of the gun stock in the manner shown and to properly position the stock with respect to the block 24 of the pad P thereby insuring of the block functioning to absorb the recoil of the gun and to thereby prevent the transmission of such recoil to the body of the rifieman.

The sleeves S of the jacket as shown in Figure 3 are made up of sections 29 and 30, the latter being detachably secured to the former by tabs 31 provided with buttonholes for receiving buttons 31 secured to the sections 29. The sections 29 are permanently attached to the body B of the jacket. The sections carry pads 32 so arranged as to pad the elbows of the rifleman when the jacket is in applied position. The outer ends of the sections 30 are split longitudinally as indicated at 30, and the edges of these split portions are provided with head and socket fasteners 33, two heads being provided for the purpose of constricting the ends of the sections to different degrees, and to thereby insure of the sections snugly embracing thearm of the rifleman.

' In Figures 1 and 2, I have shown the outer ends of the sleeve sections 30 folded inwardly upon themselves and stitched to provide a channel 34: through which a drawstring 35 is trained to constrict. the end of the section for the same purpose as the fasteners 33.

In the applied position of the jacket as shown. in Figures 1 and 2, the stock of the rifle or other form of gun is inserted with in the sleeve A and securely retained therein by drawing the string 28 tightly about the stock and then knotting the same. This sleeve A is adapted to be maintained in horizontal position by looping the string 28 about 35/ secured to the shoulder of the jacket as clearly shown in Figures 1 and 3. With the string so secured, the sleeve A functions to retain the stock of the gun in contact with the pad P so that the accidental displacement of the gun stock from the pad is prevented. The usual sling designated at G embraces the left arm in the usual manner, but to prevent such sling from slipping downwardly of the arm and thus failing to perform the function of a brace for the arm, the strap T is utilized. To this end, the strap is trained under the left arm, over the shoulder and through the yoke Y and then forwardly where it is looped about the adjusting ring R of the sling. From this point the strap is eX- tended rearwardly and passed through the buckle in the manner shown in Figures 1 and 2. By an adjustment of the strap within the buckle, it will be clear that sufpreviously stated, the strap also functions as a brace for the arm so that in conjunction with the sling G and the sleeve A, adequate means is provided for effectively supportingand retaining the rifle in firm engagement with the body of the rifieman.

In practice, the jacketand its attachments actually hold the rifle. so firmly against the body as to eliminate the objectionable necessity of therifieman exerting the usual inward tension upon the rifle in order to maintain it against his body. It will therefore be manifest that by eliminating this tension, the rifieman is free to exert all effort-in the actual aiming of the rifle thereby materially increasing his accuracy in shooting. In actual firing the pad including the stock 24 serves to effectively prevent the shock of the recoil from passing to the body of the rifieman so that the possibility of injury to the rifieman is eliminated.

Although I have herein shown and described only one form of jacket and two 1 forms of sleeves embodying myinvention, it is to be understood that various changes and modifications may be made herein without departing from the spirit of the invention or the spirit and scope of the appended claims. I

What, I claim is: v V

1. A shooting jacket comprising a body portion, sleeve members carried by the body 7 portion, elbow pads upon said sleeve memhere, a pad on said body portion, a sleeve carried by the last mentioned pad and adapted to receive the stock of a un, a

strap secured upon the body and a apt-ed to engage the sling of a gun, and a yoke fixed to the body and adapted to receive said strap for confining the same in a predetermined position upon the body.

2. A shooting jacket comprising a bod portion, sleeve members carried by the body port-ions a pad detachably connected to the body and containing a cushioning block, a sleeve fixed to the pad and capable of being constricted upon a rifle stock, means for supporting the sleeve vin horizontal position, and a strap adapted to engage the sling of a rifle for maintaining the sling in embracing position with respect to the arm of a rifleman.

3. A shooting jacket comprising a body portion and sleeve portions, a rifle stock receiving sleeve flexibly carried by the body portion, and a buckle strap having its buckle end attached to the body portion, and its free end adapted to be trained under and around the shoulder of the wearer and in engagement with the sling of a rifle and be secured by the buckle, whereby to retain the sling against displacement from the arm of the wearer.

l. In a shooting jacket, a pad carried by the j acket and including a block of sponge rubber, a gun stock receiving sleeve secured to the pad, a draw-string for constricting the sleeve, and a fastener on the jacket adapted to be engaged by the draw-string for supporting the sleeve in right angular position with respect to the pad.

5. A shooting jacket comprising a body portion and sleeve portions, a pad on the front of said body portion, a gun stock receiving sleeve attached to said pad, and cooperating means carried by the body portion and said sleeve respectively for holding said sleeve in horizontal position With the butt of the gun stock against said pad.

ARTHUR MORRIS EDW'A RDS. 

